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Colson Whitehead: 'Zombies are a good vehicle for my misanthropy'http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/27/colson-whitehead-interview-five-minutes
The acclaimed US writer talks about his latest book, Zone One, and why he likes to change style and subject matter with each new novel<p><strong>You're a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship &quot;genius award&quot;, you've been nominated for a Pulitzer prize and your work has been praised by the likes of John Updike. But your new book, Zone One, is a zombie novel. What possessed you?</strong></p><p>I was a big horror and science fiction fan growing up. My brother and I would rent horror movies every weekend and in junior high I was reading Stephen King and Isaac Asimov. It was those guys who made me want to write in the first place, so it made sense to me that I would eventually do a horror novel, even if it seems strange going from a coming-of-age story like my last novel, <em>Sag Harbor</em>, to a zombie apocalypse. Zombies are a great rhetorical prop to talk about people and paranoia and they are a good vehicle for my misanthropy.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/27/colson-whitehead-interview-five-minutes">Continue reading...</a>HorrorFictionBooksCultureZombiesSun, 27 Nov 2011 00:05:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/nov/27/colson-whitehead-interview-five-minutesDOROTHY HONG / KOBOY/xxxColson Whitehead: 'In junior high I was reading Stephen King and Isaac Asimov. They made me want to write in the first place.' Photograph: Dorothy Hong/KoboyDorothy Hong/KoboyColson Whitehead: 'In junior high I was reading Stephen King and Isaac Asimov. They made me want to write in the first place.' Photograph: Dorothy Hong/KoboyInterview by Killian Fox2011-11-27T00:05:04Z